Last Ounce of Courage Page #3

BOB:
I had been a coward,

passive, and even selfish.

I had become

so bitter and blind

to what was going on around me,

I asked God to forgive me.

I kept thinking about my son.

Now was the time

to honor his sacrifice

and show my grandson

that the greatest battle...

is doing what's right.

Mayor, are you okay?

Randy, I woke up

about midnight,

searched the Internet

'til about an hour ago,

and I am better than okay.

I am absolutely fantastic.

Good.

Council wants your views

in writing

regarding

the street improvements

around the new addition

to the veterans' home.

At 11:
30 you have a Rotary

meeting at Estelle's Restaurant.

Ooh, meat loaf today.

You might want to put

a sports jacket on

instead of that...

Now what about the report?

I thought I had key

to the storage room?

Top drawer, silver key chain.

Do you ever

listen to me? Sure.

You said, "Blah, blah, blah,

Estelle's Restaurant."

Follow me.

Come on, let's go.

Voil.

Christmas Angel.

Whoa.

Boy, does that bring back

some memories.

What kind of memories?

Hey, Charlie.

Charlie.

How are you guys?

You boys up to no good?

Probably.

[ Chuckles ]

What's the news?

Last night

at the city council meeting,

all they want to do

is get excited about nothing.

Oh, if they want to get excited

about something,

they can help me bring Christmas

back to this town.

And I mean we're coming back

in a big way.

I'm talking angels.

I'm talking mangers.

I'm talking wreaths.

I'm talking the birth of Jesus.

[ Stammers ]

I'm talking about Christmas.

[ Laughing ]

He's not joking?

Gentlemen, did you know

that about 150 years ago,

Christmas was made

a federal and legal holiday?

Didn't know that.

I didn't know it.

A religious

and secular holiday.

They're using the threat

of a lawsuit

to keep Christmas pushed back

into the churches and homes

and out of public places

and schools.

Speaking of schools,

did you know that our children

are not allowed to sing

Christmas songs in our schools?

Well, we always did.

Oh, yeah.

They're not allowed to any more.

And a public school teacher

is allowed to teach objectively

about the origins of Christmas

in the classroom.

Didn't know that.

Didn't know that.

Well, they can.

They don't, but they can.

We can have a Nativity scene,

as long

as other religious symbols

are acknowledged

at the same time.

School districts

across the United States

are taking Christmas break

off the calendar completely

and replacing it

with winter break.

I didn't know that.

That's right.

Some towns...

[ Lights rattle ]

No red and green lights.

Some towns... no trees.

Some towns,

no decorations at all.

And it's not

because it's illegal.

There is no law against it,

just a bunch of people

that are afraid

of what Christmas

is really about.

Well, gentlemen,

that stops today...

at least here

in Mount Columbus.

[ "Winter Wonderland"

by Vince Gill plays ]

Sleigh bells ring

Are you listening?

In the lane, snow is...

Mayor.

How's it look?

It looks illegal to me.

That good, huh?

Are you sure

it's not unconstitutional?

Randy, what part of "no"

are you having

a hard time with?

If you're getting nervous,

go look it up.

Mr. Mayor,

Connie Lee, Channel 7.

Can I have

just a moment of your time?

Oh, you bet.

I'll be right down.

CONNIE:
According to sources

I spoke with, and I quote,

"Any religious symbol displayed

on public property

is a clear violation of the

separation of church and state.

The religious decorations

should be removed immediately."

For his part,

Mayor Revere had this to say...

Hey, listen up!

The mayor's on TV.

Well, I actually got the idea

from my grandson.

He was wondering

why don't we celebrate Christmas

around here any more.

To tell you the truth, I just

couldn't give him a good answer.

It's not illegal,

so I figured by the time

I'm done,

I want Mount Columbus

to be known as Christmas City.

All right, thank you, Mayor.

You're welcome.

Merry Christmas.

Well, you heard right...

the Christmas City.

The mayor is bringing religion

back to this little town.

What a hog.

I think she's kind of cute.

The motorcycle, you moron.

Sleigh bells ring

Are you listening?

In the lane...

MR. BOUTWELL:
Oh, Broadway.

You are

an elusive mistress indeed.

Oh, ladies, are you ready?

Okay. Whatever. Go.

But, Zondor,

we are but space aliens

who have traveled from afar.

Will the king accept us?

Not to worry, Zindor.

It has been foretold

that the king will be born

this night on planet Earth,

and he will accept all

who seek him and find him.

But how will we know

it is the true king?

The supernova will light

our way to the pot of gold,

there the king will be,

just as predicted

in the scrolls of Plutonia.

Oh, yes!

Excellent, excellent.

Madison and Lindsey,

where have you been hiding?

Hmm? Hmm?

That was very, very good.

You are my aliens.

You know, I think

with you two in the cast,

this will be our most memorable

winter space odyssey ever.

Yeah, you bet it will.

Excuse me?

Nothing. Thanks.

[ Giggles ]

KARI:
There's nowhere to RSVP

on these invitations.

Oh, you don't need one.

Everybody shows up.

Oh. [ Chuckles ]

And you put Christmas

instead of holiday party.

I know.

We have been putting holiday

for 10 years.

I am so proud of Bob.

Greg's coming, you know.

Yeah, and?

And...

It's...

We're just having dinner.

It's not a date.

It's not a date?

No.

No?

Come on.

It's a date.

I think it's a date.

[ Both laugh ]

[ Chuckles ]

RANDY:
Uh, yeah, the mayor

is not in on Tuesdays.

This is the mayor's assistant.

What can I do for ya?

Doesn't work on Tuesdays?

Well, then,

get me the deputy mayor.

[ Chuckles ] Deputy mayor?

We can barely afford

our part-time mayor.

The mayor is the pharmacist.

Who is this?

This is the Hammer...

Warren Hammerschmidt.

T-The Warren Hammerschmidt

from TV?

Exactly.

Obviously your mayor

is not fully cognizant

of the statutes that pertain

to the separation

of church and state.

Can you remember all that?

Look, before this gets elevated

to a level which I'm sure

the mayor would like to avoid,

tell him that I fully suggested

that he offer a public apology

to the community

and take down

those religious decorations.

And we will pretend

this never happened.

And if you have any questions

about this at all,

you just...

call me.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Did you hear the news?

No.

You're all over the Internet.

We are having

some major legal problems here,

I think.

I got a call

from Warren Hammerschmidt

himself.

Who?

Warren Hammerschmidt.

The big guy.

The guy that's...

He's on all the TV talk shows.

He told me to tell you this.

I wrote it down here.

He said to

"take down all

religious Christmas decorations

and make a public apology."

He told you

to tell me that? Exactly.

And I got an email.

Look at this.

Mayor, they're threatening

to have the governor

withhold matching funds

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